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1 Pfennig - Barmen Textil-Industrie A.G.
| Issuer | Textil-Industrie A.G., Barmen |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | TEXTIL-INDUSTRIE A.G. 1 BARMEN |
| Reverse description | Octagonal flan with a continuous pearl border following the coin's edges. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE runs around the periphery within the pearl border. A twisted rope circle encloses the central field, within which the numeral 1 appears prominently. Three small stars are positioned at the base of the legend, serving as decorative separators. The composition is stark and functional, characteristic of German wartime and post-war emergency token issues. |
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Barmen, now absorbed into Wuppertal, was one of the Ruhr's densest concentrations of textile manufacturing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Factory token issues like this one emerged from a practical necessity: chronic shortages of small-denomination Reichscoinage in industrial districts meant workers often couldn't make change in company canteens or on-site shops. Nickel-plated zinc was the material of convenience — cheap, workable, and just distinct enough from official coinage to satisfy the authorities.
The Hasselmann corpus remains the primary reference for Rhineland industrial tokens, and this piece's dual citation suggests it survived in enough examples to be cross-catalogued.